Mrs. Warren's Profession Revival
Closing: November 28, 2010Mrs. Warren's Profession - 2010 Broadway History , Info & More
Todd Haimes Theatre (Broadway)
229 W. 42nd St. New York, NY
Tony®-winning director Doug Hughes and Tony®-winning star Cherry Jones astonished Broadway with their work in the smash-hit play Doubt. Now this highly-acclaimed pair reunites in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of George Bernard Shaw's scorching tour de force. Joining Ms. Jones is Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) in her Broadway debut!
Mrs. Warren's Profession - 2010 - Broadway Cast
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Mrs. Warren's Profession
7 / 10
Cherry Jones, on the other hand, makes a full meal of a role for which she is perfectly suited. Jones is deliciously sensual and arch in a series of gaudy outfits, and her second-act speeches about pulling herself out of poverty are utterly spellbinding (a wobbly accent notwithstanding). Debonair Mark Harelik does sturdy work as Warren’s bullish business partner, Crofts, and Adam Driver is amusingly oleaginous as Vivie’s charming but morally flaccid lover, Frank. With grand sets and Doug Hughes’s smart, careful staging, so much goes right here. The only thing lacking is Vivie’s ruthlessness.
A Friendly Clash of Charms in Mrs. Warren's Profession
6 / 10
When mother and daughter must ultimately test each other’s moral mettle, we find that these two are not only from different worlds but also from slightly different productions: Two vivid, idiosyncratic performances collide here, dampening each other into gray noise. Even as great geysers of Acting were expended, I can't say I felt a single human emotion roll over me, beyond a high indistinct agitation. Both look incredibly relieved when they get to turn away from each other and disappear into some vast Shavian speech. Yes, Kitty and Vivie are each other’s nemeses, but we should feel their kinship as much as their existential incongruity. That piquant dissonance never materializes. Lost in themselves, and mewed in by Pask’s maze, Jones and Hawkins never find each other, not even long enough to land a punch. Under the tears and the histrionics, they seem to mean nothing to each other. Thus, we’re treated to the tidy geometric outline of Shaw's social critique, but without the stochastic human fierceness of his dramatic art. And that feels like a bit of a hedge, doesn’t it?
Mrs. Warren's Profession History
Other Productions of Mrs. Warren's Profession
| 1905 | Broadway |
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| 1907 | Broadway |
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| 1918 | Broadway |
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| 1922 | Broadway |
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| 1958 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1976 | Broadway |
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| 1985 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2005 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2010 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 2010 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
| 2025 | West End |
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